Implementing Hypertension Screening Guidelines in Primary Care

"Key components include:~* educational presentations to primary care providers at grand rounds~* patient information materials on ABPM and HBPM~* training registered nurses to assist providers with teaching patients to conduct HBPM~* information on how to order ABPM and HBPM to clinicians, nurses and front desk staff via huddles, emails, and other electronic communications~* a computerized EHR-embedded clinical decision support tool that prompts providers to recall the USPSTF hypertension guidelines and facilitates ordering of HBPM and ABPM for guideline-eligible patients~* periodic feedback to primary care providers about clinic-level success with appropriately ordering ABPM and HBPM for eligible patients~* an accessible, culturally-adapted and locally tailored ABPM service"

Primary care clinicians diagnose hypertension according to usual care